- Know the developments that occur in Piaget’s sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
- Understand the premise of the theory of core knowledge.
- Understand how infants learn.
- Be familiar with the cognitive processes that develop during infancy.
- Understand how infant intelligence is measured and what aspects of it are the best predictors of later intelligence.
- Understand how infants develop language.
- Be familiar with the risk factors in cognitive development, as well as the ways to ensure optimal cognitive and language development in infants.
